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APLT vs. FHTX, DSGN, NGNE, AVIR, GLUE, DBVT, CTNM, VOR, LFCR, and ACB

Should you be buying Applied Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Therapeutics include Foghorn Therapeutics (FHTX), Design Therapeutics (DSGN), Neurogene (NGNE), Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR), Monte Rosa Therapeutics (GLUE), DBV Technologies (DBVT), Contineum Therapeutics (CTNM), Vor Biopharma (VOR), Lifecore Biomedical (LFCR), and Aurora Cannabis (ACB). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Applied Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Foghorn Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FHTX) and Applied Therapeutics (NASDAQ:APLT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Foghorn Therapeutics has a beta of 3.05, meaning that its stock price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Therapeutics has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Foghorn Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Therapeutics. Foghorn Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Foghorn Therapeutics$22.60M13.21-$86.62M-$1.19-4.44
Applied Therapeutics$460K162.83-$105.62M-$0.45-1.16

In the previous week, Foghorn Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Applied Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Foghorn Therapeutics and 3 mentions for Applied Therapeutics. Applied Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Foghorn Therapeutics' score of 1.09 indicating that Applied Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Foghorn Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Therapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Foghorn Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $10.67, suggesting a potential upside of 102.02%. Applied Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $6.10, suggesting a potential upside of 1,072.85%. Given Applied Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Therapeutics is more favorable than Foghorn Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Foghorn Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Applied Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Applied Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Foghorn Therapeutics' net margin of -311.90%. Foghorn Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Applied Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Foghorn Therapeutics-311.90% N/A -28.00%
Applied Therapeutics N/A -354.24%-144.16%

61.6% of Foghorn Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Applied Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Foghorn Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Applied Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Foghorn Therapeutics beats Applied Therapeutics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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APLT vs. The Competition

MetricApplied TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$74.90M$3.10B$5.69B$9.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%6.66%4.54%
P/E Ratio-1.1620.9982.6526.40
Price / Sales162.83396.26529.10204.59
Price / CashN/A43.5325.7028.92
Price / Book1.069.8811.246.06
Net Income-$105.62M-$53.38M$3.28B$266.05M
7 Day Performance-2.51%-0.14%0.15%-0.07%
1 Month Performance18.02%9.18%8.36%5.83%
1 Year Performance-91.80%7.53%54.25%17.89%

Applied Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APLT
Applied Therapeutics
4.0915 of 5 stars
$0.52
+5.6%
$6.10
+1,072.9%
-92.2%$74.90M$460K-1.1630Positive News
Gap Up
FHTX
Foghorn Therapeutics
2.6695 of 5 stars
$5.03
-4.4%
$10.67
+112.0%
-38.9%$284.57M$22.60M-4.23120News Coverage
Positive News
DSGN
Design Therapeutics
0.1503 of 5 stars
$4.94
+3.1%
N/A+16.4%$281.33MN/A-4.4140News Coverage
NGNE
Neurogene
2.0963 of 5 stars
$19.65
+0.2%
$46.17
+134.9%
-50.6%$278.98M$930K-4.5490News Coverage
Positive News
AVIR
Atea Pharmaceuticals
2.5467 of 5 stars
$3.52
+0.4%
$6.00
+70.7%
-12.7%$278.95MN/A-2.1870News Coverage
GLUE
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
2.7396 of 5 stars
$4.47
+0.8%
$15.33
+243.4%
-22.2%$275.76M$75.62M12.4090News Coverage
Positive News
DBVT
DBV Technologies
3.309 of 5 stars
$10.02
+2.2%
$14.75
+47.3%
+112.9%$274.31M$4.15M-2.1080Positive News
CTNM
Contineum Therapeutics
2.5726 of 5 stars
$9.74
+9.8%
$22.75
+133.6%
-46.4%$273.11M$50M-4.4331Short Interest ↑
VOR
Vor Biopharma
1.8145 of 5 stars
$2.15
-2.5%
$6.07
+182.8%
+125.3%$273.00MN/A-1.31140
LFCR
Lifecore Biomedical
0.684 of 5 stars
$7.28
+0.5%
$8.00
+10.0%
+73.7%$272.16M$128.87M-5.55690News Coverage
Positive News
ACB
Aurora Cannabis
0.2114 of 5 stars
$4.80
+1.6%
N/A-10.9%$270.23M$246.72M-25.191,130Gap Down

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